After My Husband Died, I’d Sob For Hours — Then Take A Break To Masturbate.
September 15, 2025
Navigating Without A Map
I didn’t have a roadmap for navigating this aspect of grief. Nobody had warned me, so I had to find my own way through research, through tentative conversations with other widows, through honest discussions with my therapist, and eventually, through my own experiences.
What I learned was that there’s no right way to handle widow’s fire. Some choose to channel that…





